gréasach
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From gréas (“ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation; decorative design, pattern, figure; needlework, embroidery”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
gréasach (genitive singular masculine gréasaigh, genitive singular feminine gréasaí, plural gréasacha, not comparable)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish grésach (“lasting, perpetual, constant, habitual”, adjective). Compare de ghréas (“habitually, continually, perpetually”).
Adjective edit
gréasach (genitive singular masculine gréasaigh, genitive singular feminine gréasaí, plural gréasacha, not comparable)
Declension edit
Declension of gréasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gréasach | ghréasach | gréasacha; ghréasacha² | |
| Vocative | ghréasaigh | gréasacha | ||
| Genitive | gréasaí | gréasacha | gréasach | |
| Dative | gréasach; ghréasach¹ |
ghréasach; ghréasaigh (archaic) |
gréasacha; ghréasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gréasaí | |||
| Superlative | is gréasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gréasach | ghréasach | ngréasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gréasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “grésach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language